Money Talks

Forget Shutdowns. It’s ‘Demand Shock’ That’s Killing Our Economy.

Gyms, restaurants, and movie theaters are all reeling for the very same reason

James Surowiecki

Published in

Marker

5 min readOct 15, 2020

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Illustration: Pablo Delcan

Money Talks is a column that explores what happens when business, the economy, and culture collide.

James Surowiecki

Written by James Surowiecki

Writer for

Marker

I’m the author of The Wisdom of Crowds. I’ve been a business columnist for Slate and The New Yorker and written for a wide range of other publications.

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